The works of these two are a staple of many a nerd, so it seems, and yet the greatness of either has failed to manifest for me.
I’m wondering if it isn’t for the same reason that they are considered great and or uninteresting, so I thought I’d see how much interconnectedness there is between like/dislike of the creators.
I love Whedon, and am ambivalent about Pratchett.
Heh, I love Pratchett and like Firefly/Serenity but actively despise Whedon and his fanboys. Note I said fanboys, not just the fans.
That said, I don’t think they are remotely similar in their works. YMMV of course.
Well, I love most of Whedon’s stuff, but I’ve never ready any Pratchett at all, but since that wasn’t a choice, I went with “I like one but am ambivalent” option.
You need another option.
Loves Pratchet, likes firefly, couldnt give a toss about any other Whedon.
+1
+2
I like Pratchett, very very much. I’ve been a fan since some of his earliest work.
But Joss Whedon’s stuff has never worked for me. I would’ve sat through Firefly if it had continued, and probably warmed to it more as it went, but so far that’s the only one that has had any successful impact on me, and even that was minor. For whatever reason, his writing hasn’t affected me like it has for others.
So the far the stats are saying that there’s no correlation.
I don’t think I’m going to win a Nobel, unfortunately!
Love them both.
This.
Or this.
+3
This is basically what I would have said, except I don’t like Firefly/Serenity.
I know a few people who are fans of both Pratchett and Whedon, but more who are fans of only one. To the extent that the fanbases overlap, I think it’s just because both are rather “geeky” interests. They otherwise have little in common.
I loved Firefly and liked Dr. Horrible, but have never seen any other Whedon, so I can’t really form an informed opinion of his work as a whole. So I’m not sure where I fall in the poll, though.
For reference, I’m a Pratchett fan, too. So far as I can see, the only thing they have in common is they both like to stretch and distort cliched tropes. Though even there, they tend to do so in rather different ways.
I like most of Pratchett’s stuff and I liked most of Angel, Buffy and Firefly. So I voted option 1.
I really like most of what Whedon puts on the screen. I’ve only read one Pratchett book, and I liked it, and I’ll probably read more eventually, but I’m certainly not into Pratchett the way I’m into Whedon.
I enjoy Whedon’s stuff (with the exception of Dollhouse) but Pratchett leaves me cold. A bunch of my nerdy friends with tastes similar to my own really enjoy his work, so I have dutifully read several Discworld novels, but found them to be boring at best. I really had to force myself to even finish reading them.
I like Whedon overall and am ambivalent about Pratchett.
Like many I got into Pratchett via Neil Gaiman, i.e. Good Omens, which I enjoyed. I then tried Guards! Guards! and completely bogged down - it never grabbed me and I never finished it. To date I haven’t given him another shot, though I probably will eventually.
Both are Gods, and to be worshiped as such!